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JWB Passover Supplies Reach Korea
Dr. Goodenough's
`Dura Symbolism'
Off Press Monday . .
WOI
A shipment of Passover foods and other supplies is unloaded
at an Army depot in Korea under the supervision of the Jewish
chaplain and his assistant. Materials were shipped long in ad-
vance of the holiday by the National Jewish Welfare Board, which
provides materials for all the Jewish holidays to Jewish chaplains
on duty with the U.S. Armed Forces in all parts of the world.
On the Record
By NATHAN ZIPRIN
Editor, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate
Footnote To History . . .
I Jefferson, who was keenly in-
One hundred and sixty seven terested in science. Mr. Jeffer-
years ago a Jew, Jacob Isaacs son arranged for a party of
of Richmond, Virginia, tried to American scientists to study the
interest President George Wash- Isaacs invention, but it was
ington in taking the salt out of found to offer no substantial
sea water. improvement over known meth-
This interesting bit of Ameri- ods. Jefferson, however felt
can history was recalled recent- that the experiment had been
ly by president Abraham Fein- worthwhile, since it had plainly
berg of the Israel Bond Organi- demonstrated that ships could
zation. He made the disclosure supply themselves with drink-
at the Israel Bond conference ing water for thirsty passen-
in Miami in connection with the 0;ers.
Water was indeed high on
recent proposal by President
Lyndon B. Johnson for America the agenda of the conference,
and Israel to join hands in the with U.S. Senator Ribicoff and
use of nuclear fission as a Israel's Minister of Finance
means of solving the problem Sapir harping on the theme in
a manner quite reminiscent of
of desalting sea water.
In Washington's days, the biblical mention. And so, in one
matter came before the State way or another, water kept run-
Department which had jurisdic- ning literally and figuratively
tion over ships. The problem of throughout the conference ses-
finding unsalted drinking water sions.
The problem of desalting sea
for sea voyages was a difficult
one in those days. Fortunately water is one of major challenge
the State Department at the to the world today. Actually, of
time was headed by Thomas course, it is not a shortage of
water per se. As the verse goes,
there is
Water. water everywhere,
But not a drop to drink.
The oceans, surpassing land
in magnitude and perhaps mys-
Moses
To lead into freedom a people tery as well, are full of water,
long crushed by cruel tyranny, but the problem is to get the
to discipline such a mighty host, salt out. Nor is the challenge
to harden them into fighting of recent making. In fact, the
of sweetening "the bit-
men, before whom warlike !problem
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tribes trembled and high-walled d I ter waters" seemed to have
cities went down, to repress di s- troubled our ancestors of bibli-
content, jealousy and mutiny; cal days.
The success of the Israel
to combat reactions and rever-
sions; to turn the quick flame Bond campaign. whose goal for
of enthusiasm to the service of 1964, is $85 million, will surely
a steady purpose, requires a help sweeten the bitter waters,
towering character, a character literally and figuratively.
of blending to the highest ex-
pression the qualities of politi-- 1st Israel-Born Bishop
cian, patriot, philosopher and Consecrated in Nazareth
statesman—the union of wisdom, NAZARETH — A crowd of
with unselfish devotion.
thousands witnessed the conse-
Test of the Shepherd
cration of Msgr. Hanna Kaldany
Moses was tested by God as bishop and spiritual leader
through his sheep. When he of Israel's Latin Community.
tending the flocks of Jethro, his He is the first citizen of Israel
father-in-law, in the wilderness, to reach this high rank, per-
a little snow-white lamb escap- sonally bestowed on him by
ed. He ran after it and finally Pope Paul VI on his visit here.
found it. It had reached a shady Bishop K a 1 ci a n y, 46, was
pool where it stopped to drink vicar-general of the Latin Pat-
Moses's sensitive heart was riarchate in the Holy Land.
filled with great pity. He ap- Born in Israel, he started his
proached it softly and tenderly career as a village priest in
said "I: did not know that you nearby Yafieh.
ran away from me because of In the audience were Bechor
thirst. You must be weary." He Shitrit, minister of police, rep-
petted it, lifted it up gently in resenting the government; the
his arms and briskly walked mayor and deputy mayor of
back. Nazareth; and the military gov-
Thereupon the Almighty, who ernor of the area. At an offi-
had watched the scene, said: cial reception which followed,
"Because you had mercy in lead- Shitrit d e l i v e r e d the good
ing a flock of a mortal, you wishes of the government and
will assuredly well tend my presented the new bishop with
Flock—the children of Israel." gifts in the name of the presi-
(Midrash Shemot Rabbah 2.2) dent and government.
Passover Stories
in the Midrash
On March 30, Bollingen Foun-
dation will publish "Symbolism
in the Dura Synagogue," Vol-
umes 9-11 of Erwin R. Good-
enough's monumental s t u d y,
"Jewish Symbols in the Greco-
Roman Period." The examina-
tion of these unique and signifi-
cant representational wall paint-
ings from a third-century syna-
gogue discovered at Dura-Euro-
pos. in eastern Syria, completes
the author's analysis of the sym-
bolic material of Judaism during
the Greco-Roman era. A final
volume of summary (with a gen-
eral index) will follow.
Since the discovery and exca-
vation of the murals in 1932,
scholars have attempted to ex-
plain them in terms of Judaism
as hitherto understood and have
thus ascribed a purely decora-
tive role to the pagan symbols
that abound in these interpreta-
tions of Old Testament scenes.
Prof. Goodenough rejects this
approach as an evasion of the
intrinsic value of the paintings
and seeks to elucidate the sig-
nificance which the symbolic ma-
terial held for the members of
the synagogue.
"Taking as his guide the
meanings of pagan symbols used
for centuries before and after
their adoption by the Jews, he
demonstrates that their use was
based on the desire to express
concepts for which the tradi-
tional language of Judaism was
indaequate. Finally, Prof. Good-
enough undertakes to examine
the Dura paintings as part of
the great movement in which
Jews began to express their
faith in symbolic forms. This
brilliant and incisive study
clearly establishes that, equally
as part of one long tradition and
as the beginning of another,"
. . . we have from Dura one of
the most remarkable documents
from human history."
In volumes 9 and 10 the archi-
tecture and decoration of the
synagogue are described and an-
alyzed in detail. Volume II con-
tains illustrations (350 in mono-
chrome collotype, 21 in four-
color offset plates, some of
which are double or triple fold-
ing) of the Dura walls and ceil-
ing and of other sites and ob-
jects which support the author's
thesis.
NY Backs Bill to Mark
Cemetery as Shrine
Sheila Ann Horwitz Ex-Staffer Manages
to Wed Mr. Kreger Radio-TV Station
at Alaskan Navy Base
Former Jewish News editor-
ial assistant Bernard W. Silver,
24, is manager of the Armed
Forces Radio and Television
Service at the naval air station
at Kodiak, Alaska.
Navy Journalist 3c Silver is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph
N. Silver, 20231 Huntington.
As a journalism m a j or at
Wayne State University, he was
editor of the Wayne Collegian
in 1960. Silver joined the Navy
in 1961.
In addition to his manager-
ial duties, Silver appears night-
ly over AFRTS-TV with a 10-
minute summary of news and
spins classical music records
MISS SHEILA HORWITZ
Sunday afternoons for AFRTS-
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Horwitz radio.
of Blackstone Ave., Oak Park
announce the engagement of Mrs. Rosenthal Named
their daughter Sheila Ann to
Alan Thomas Kreger, son of Torch Drive Officer
Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Kreger of
Mrs. L. H. Rosenthal, 18945
Renfrew Rd.
Muirland, has again been named
The bride-elect is a graduate Torch Drive chairman for the
of Monteith College, Wayne North Central Region.
State University. Her fiance is
Mrs. Rosenthal has been a
a graduate of the University Torch Drive volunteer for the
of Michigan.
past four years, serving as an
The wedding is set for Aug. area chairman before her
23.
appointment as regional chair-
man a year ago.
Matzoth Sent by JDC
In addition to her Torch
Drive work, Mrs. Rosenthal is
to 8 European Lands
The Joint Distribution Com- active in the Mumford Mothers
mittee has shipped 270,700 Club and is a past president of
pounds of matzoth and other Hampton School Parent-Teach-
Passover supplies to eight Euro- ers Association. She also is a
member of the Jewish Welfare
pean countries to enable needy
Federation and has served as
Jews to observe the holiday ap-
a cub scout den mother.
propriately, it was announced
Last year, Mrs. Rosenthal led
by Edward M. M. Warburg,
between 2,000 and 2,500 volun-
JDC chairman.
The 270,700 pounds shipped teers in raising $1,000 more
this year compares with some than their quota.
257,000 pounds distributed last emeomeeeeememe
year, Warburg said. More than •
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ROSENOW
If you, your family and your
neighbors take your oral polio
vaccine in sugar cubes April
19 and June 14, you can defeat
polio for good.
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NEW YORK, (JTA) — Mayor
Robert F. Wagner disclosed New
York City's support of a Senate
bill which would include the
Shearith Israel Cemetery, be-
lieved to be the oldest Jewish
cemetery in the United States,
in the Federal Registry of Na-
tional Historic Landmarks.
The mayor indicated the city's
backing in a letter to Sen.
Jacob K. Javits, New York Re-
publican,. who introduced the
bill. The mayor noted that the
cemetery was designated a New
York landmark as one of the
first official acts of the City
Landmarks Preservation Com-
mission.
The Mayor also cited the fact
that the cemetery "contains the
graves of persons eminent in
the city from the time of the sev-
enteenth century" and that it
was "the site of a gun emplace-
ment used in defense of our city
during the Revolution."
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MOSAIC LODGE, F.&A.M.
will honor Dr. Nathan Starman,
past master, at the 40th annual
dinner-dance 6:30 p.m. April 22
at the Roostertail, announces
worshipful master Douglas Pur-
ther. Roberta Sherwood will
highlight the evening's enter-
tainment. F o r reservations,
write Aaron Katzman, 14251 W.
9 Mile, Oak Park.
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LI 8-2266
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